The monument of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin seen in the center of Comrat, Moldova, Saturday, March 12, 2022. Across the border from war-engulfed Ukraine, tiny, impoverished Moldova, an ex-Soviet republic now looking eagerly Westward, has watched with trepidation as the Russian invasion unfolds. In Gagauzia, a small, autonomous part of the country that's traditionally felt closer to the Kremlin than the West, people would normally back Russia, which they never wanted to leave when Moldova gained independence. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
